The Diamantclub van Antwerpen is run by a Board of Directors composed of 14 members-shareholders, elected among/by the members-shareholders for a four-year mandate. Every two years, half of the Board of Directors is alternately outgoing and re-eligible. In addition to their own professional activity as diamond traders, the members of the Board of Directors are committed to manage the company with due diligence, to assist its members in the capacity of “week commissioners” (mediators) in case of mutual trade disputes and to act as representatives in various national and international diamond organizations. Within the Board of Directors, different committees focus on a number of specific domains in respect of the management of the Diamantclub. Important decisions however are always taken by the Board of Directors.